Dictionary of Zoology

The most up-to-date and authoritative dictionary of zoology available. It contains over 6,000 A-Z entries covering all aspects of the subject, from behavioural ecology and conservation biology to cytology and taxonomy. This is an essential source of reference for students and teachers of zoology as well as naturalists.

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Examines the efforts made by scientists in the fields of environment, environmental protection, and environmental science. Covering a range of topics - including the Earth sciences, atmosphere, oceans, ecology, animals, plants, and exploration - this title provides a panorama of accounts of particular discoveries and the people who made them.

Explores biodiversity and why preserving it is so important. This book surveys the distribution of certain trees, how soil forms and is classified scientifically, how water flows through it, and what forests soils are like. It also contrasts the efforts to conserve forests with the way forests were portrayed in folklore, often as dangerous.

Examines the efforts made by scientists in the fields of environment, environmental protection, and environmental science. Covering a range of topics - including the Earth sciences, atmosphere, oceans, ecology, animals, plants, and exploration - this title provides a panorama of accounts of particular discoveries and the people who made them.

Taking into account discoveries about the atmosphere and the way it works, this encyclopedia consists of entries describing processes such as cloud formation, atmospheric phenomena such as rainbows, and some of the techniques and instruments used to study the atmosphere, as well as the units of measurement that scientists use.

The topics of weather and climate are increasingly at the forefront of world attention. Including more than 2000 entries, this handbook offers basic information about atmospheric processes, the sciences of climatology and meteorology, and the people who have made their mark in these disciplines.

Answering the most important questions students and non-specialists have about weather, this volume gives an overview of the current information that shapes the way weather is understood and studied and features discussions that explore various aspects of weather and weather science.

There are floods throughout the world, many of them devastating and deadly. This text explores their occurrence, explaining storms and cloudbursts, thunder and lightning, and the monsoons. There are also sidebars containing concepts from atmospheric science, including glacioisostasy.

Presents the intricacies of the desert ecosystem, explaining how and why deserts form, where they are found on Earth, and their basic characteristics. Chapter-by-chapter coverage describes the fauna of the desert, the history of these habitats, the relationship of humanity to the deserts, the climate of desert areas, and more.

Climate plays a major role in the existence of temperate forests. This volume explores the environment, life, and future of this type of habitat. It also presents a discussion of the management and conservation of these ecosystems and their threats, including acid rain, forest clearance, soil erosion, and climate change.

Discusses the history of this planet, from the study of fossils to the development of the theory of plate tectonics. This book examines the Earth's history and how it came to be divided into the episodes making up the geologic time scale and includes the present version of that time scale.

People have been at the mercy of weather since they first learned to cultivate plants and raise domesticated animals. This book presents the story of the atmospheric sciences, beginning with the recognition that air is a material substance - a mixture of gases - and describes the unraveling of its chemical composition.

Details some of the greatest surveyors and mapmakers, including Captain James Cook and Robert FitzRoy, as well as some of the explorations that made a huge impact on ocean research. This book also examines ocean basins. It contains chapters that include: Mapping the Oceans, The Origin of the Oceans, and Studying the Ocean Floor.

Examines the efforts made by scientists in the fields of environment, environmental protection, and environmental science. Covering a range of topics - including the Earth sciences, atmosphere, oceans, ecology, animals, plants, and exploration - this title provides a panorama of accounts of particular discoveries and the people who made them.

Examines the efforts made by scientists in the fields of environment, environmental protection, and environmental science. Covering a range of topics - including the Earth sciences, atmosphere, oceans, ecology, animals, plants, and exploration, this title provides accounts of particular discoveries and the people who made them.

Presenting the geography, geology, climates, and history of grasslands, this volume offers an introduction to their development and function. Offering an account of the history and future of these areas, this book concludes by emphasizing the necessity of conservation and preservation for these threatened areas.

This must-have reference will help you navigate the complex world of science. It defines more than 6,000 words from 16 branches of science that are of particular interest to gardeners, from abscission (a plant's rejection of an organ) to zoochary (the dispersal of seeds by animals). Illustrations clarify definitions and explain abstract concepts.

Gardeners are obsessed by the weather because frost, drought, wind and rain can undo all their work, often overnight. Science writer Michael Allaby offers an understanding of the vagaries of both local weather and the larger impact of climate change and offers us the chance to adapt our gardens to at least minimise the impact of their influence.

Get ready for the shocking truth about botanical sex. Did you know bee orchids trick insects into having sex with them? Or that avocado flowers open female one day and male the next? Discover over 200 of nature's most unseemly creations in this sensational expose.

This new fourth edition has been completely updated, with over 500 new entries increasing the coverage of botanical terms, key drugs derived from plants, and plant orders and families. Numerous appendices include new timelines and phylogenies, with vernacular plant names transferred to a fully cross-referenced appendix.

Completely revised and updated with over 250 new entries, the third edition of this dictionary offers broad coverage of all aspects related to the field of plant sciences including biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, biogeography, earth history, and earth sciences. New entries such as evo-devo, sister relationship,..